APUSH - important dates quiz 1

1492

Columbus arrives in the Americas

1607

Founding of Jamestown

1619

First slaves to America

1754

Start of the French and Indian War

1763

Treaty of Paris (1), ending the French and Indian War

1776

Declaration of Independence signed

1781

Battle of Yorktown

1789

U.S. Constitution Ratified

1800

Election of Thomas Jefferson

1803

1.) Revolution of 1800

2.) Louisiana Purchase & Marbury vs. Madison

1815

Battle of New Orleans/Treaty of Ghent

1820

Missouri Compromise

1823

Monroe Doctrine

1828

Era of the Common Man begins with Andrew Jackson

1846

Beginning of the Mexican-American War

1848

Seneca Falls Convention

1850

Compromise of 1850

1854

1.) Kansas-Nebraska Act passed

2.) Creation of Republican Party

1860

Election of Abraham Lincoln/South Carolina secedes

1865

South Surrenders & 13th Amendment

1869

Transcontinental Railroad Completed

1877

Reconstruction ends - Hayes Pres

1890

Wounded Knee Massacre

1896

Plessy vs. Ferguson Case

1898

Spanish-American War